# Fannie Masemola to resume duties as national police commissioner

An episode of [The Midday Report with Mandy Wiener](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1074292047), 19 Oct 2026, 3:46.

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Mandy Wiener speaks to EWN Reporter, Karinda Jagmohan about Fannie Masemola to resume duties as national police commissioner following his briefing with the media. The Midday Report with Mandy Wiener is 702 and CapeTalk’s flagship news show, your hour of essential news radio. The show is podcasted every weekday, allowing you to catch up with a 60-minute weekday wrap of the day's main news. It's packed with fast-paced interviews with the day’s newsmakers, as well as those who can make sense of the news and explain what's happening in your world. All the interviews are podcasted for you to catch up and listen to. Thank you for listening to this podcast of The Midday Report Listen live on weekdays between 12:00 and 13:00 (SA Time) to The Midday Report broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj and on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from The Midday Report go to https://buff.ly/BTGmL9H and find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/LcbDdFI Subscribe to the 702 and CapeTalk daily and weekly newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702 CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: But let's start with the return to work today of
[0:02] Speaker 1: the National Police Commissioner, Fani Masimola, arriving after seven this
[0:07] Speaker 1: morning and giving an address. He met with the deputy
[0:11] Speaker 1: national commissioners and he has recommitted himself to his job.
[0:15] Speaker 1: Corinda Jagmohan, EWN reporter, was there earlier today. Corinda, good
[0:19] Speaker 1: afternoon to you. Tell us about what Fani Masimola had
[0:22] Speaker 1: to say.
[0:23] Speaker 2: Good afternoon, Mandy. Well, Masimola has plans to renew and
[0:27] Speaker 2: revive the country's police stations to ensure there's accountability from
[0:31] Speaker 2: the top senior management and to ensure essentially that police
[0:35] Speaker 2: resources are used with accountability as well. So it was
[0:39] Speaker 2: quite a brief speech to the media, speech to the public,
[0:43] Speaker 2: in which he thanked everyone for their support during this time.
[0:47] Speaker 2: And following this, he then went into a meeting with
[0:50] Speaker 2: the police's divisional unit commanders, as well as provincial police commissioners,
[0:55] Speaker 2: to discuss what's happened in the past six months, as
[0:58] Speaker 2: well as what's going to happen going forward. What's interesting,
[1:01] Speaker 2: he also basically said that he's not back with a vengeance.
[1:05] Speaker 2: He wants to ensure that the SAPS is rid of corruption,
[1:09] Speaker 2: allegations which we have seen unfold during the Madlanga Commission incident.
[1:13] Speaker 2: and has plans to unite the police service as well.
[1:16] Speaker 2: That's something that he pressed on through his speech. Take
[1:20] Speaker 2: a listen to what he had to say about that.
[1:21] Speaker 3: I acknowledge the past, but I will not allow the
[1:26] Speaker 3: past to distract us from going forward. My focus on
[1:32] Speaker 3: the leadership and institutional renewal and improve the capacity of
[1:36] Speaker 3: the SAPs to deliver the service which is the fight
[1:41] Speaker 3: against crime in this country. As you are aware, organized
[1:46] Speaker 3: crime has been a challenge for quite some time, and
[1:50] Speaker 3: we should focus more strongly in that regard.
[1:56] Speaker 1: Obviously recommitting himself to the job as well. Did you
[2:01] Speaker 1: get the sense today that it was business as usual,
[2:05] Speaker 1: or did he have some revenge to get through as well?
[2:10] Speaker 2: It seemed to be business as usual because, you know,
[2:13] Speaker 2: when he was asked about what his plans are going forward,
[2:16] Speaker 2: he really insisted that there's no plans to, you know,
[2:20] Speaker 2: take vengeance on those who have wronged him as, you know,
[2:23] Speaker 2: it has been alleged because of these criminal charges. What
[2:26] Speaker 2: he did say about that particular issue regarding the criminal
[2:30] Speaker 2: charges is he said he believes that legal processes will
[2:33] Speaker 2: take its course, not necessarily clarifying that those legal processes
[2:37] Speaker 2: were something that he has launched, the thing that he
[2:39] Speaker 2: believes in the process that must take place according to
[2:42] Speaker 2: protocol in that regard. So it seems at this point,
[2:46] Speaker 2: his focus is on the SAPS. He's been called upon
[2:49] Speaker 2: by the presidency to ensure there is renewal, especially of
[2:53] Speaker 2: the upper management. He was asked about vacancies, critical vacancies
[2:58] Speaker 2: that need to be filled, procurement issues as well. And
[3:00] Speaker 2: he says this will be among the top priorities going forward.
[3:04] Speaker 2: And of course, you know, Mandy, he has just about
[3:06] Speaker 2: five months left in his office in this current term.
[3:10] Speaker 2: I spoke to the South African Policing Union. They're calling
[3:14] Speaker 2: for another term for Masemola. I'm not sure how that
[3:16] Speaker 2: might necessarily work, but they're saying because he hasn't been
[3:20] Speaker 2: at his office for about six months, he should get
[3:23] Speaker 2: additional time to complete his mandate, considering how he was
[3:26] Speaker 2: placed on precautionary suspension. So let's see what actually unfolds,
[3:30] Speaker 2: because at this point, the leadership of the SAPS is
[3:34] Speaker 2: at a critical level where Questions are being asked, who
[3:37] Speaker 2: can really be trusted?

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